natedogg
09-24-2004, 11:08 PM
Every time a misinformed lazy idiot fails to make it to the polls everybody wins including the idiot himself.
The only ones who suffer in this instance are the candidates.
Of course, we cannot enforce this non-participation nor should we. It is every american's right to vote, and that is a good thing.
However, there's no reason to ENCOURAGE these people to come out and vote. Why do we want imbeciles deciding elections? If anything, we should be supporting and facilitating their natural tendency to be uninformed and apathetic. It's better for them and it's better for us.
The fact that elections are basically decided by the empty sloganeering and casuistry of 15 second television spots is devastating our nation.
That is why I propose we ban political advertisments from television and radio.
A similar ban has been imposed on cigarrette companies under a similar rationale, namely that fools and idiots will be convinced by fatuous ads to do something stupid and harmful: start smoking.
In the case of political ads, the stakes are even higher because these ads convince fools and idiots to do something that not only hurts themselves but harms the rest of the country too. When a fool takes up smoking because of a catchy jingle, it's a shame but is really no detriment to me or mine. When the entire USA is taken down a dangerous path by legions of easily-swayed fools who have no critical thinking ability whatsoever, it's a worldwide catastrophe.
The propoganda and emotionalism of tv and radio political ads only serves to fire up the ignorant. Elections have become nothing more than a contest to see which party can organize a more effective "Get out the vote" drive. Whichever campaign rounds up more lazy imbeciles and prods them to vote gets the win.
It's more like a cattle round up than democracy.
By removing these inflammatory, uninformative, and downright harmful political ads from television and radio, we can do a lot to improve our democracy. Apathetic idiots will be less likely to be inspired to get out and vote, whereas those who DO vote will by necessity have to get their information from more in-depth sources.
As I said, each of us benefits every time a misinformed lazy idiot fails to get to the polls on election day. And if the percentage of voters who are informed and intelligent goes up (by reducing the numbers of voters who aren't from the overall voter participation pool), things are bound to improve.
The problem with our current system is that you could be the most intelligent informed voter in the district and your decision is swamped by millions of lazy uninformed morons who decide to vote for Bush because they saw a 20 second commercial with unflattering pictures of John Kerry windsurfing around. Lest you mistake my intentions as trying to gain an advantage for Kerry and the Democrats, let me assure you this proposal will effectively kill the Democratic party until they redefine themselves from what they currently are. Look at their support base!
These vapid political ads should not determine the present and future of our great nation. If we remove them from tv and radio, then what I call the "moron vote" will be significantly reduced, and that is a good thing for all of us, except the candidates.
Thank you.
natedogg
The only ones who suffer in this instance are the candidates.
Of course, we cannot enforce this non-participation nor should we. It is every american's right to vote, and that is a good thing.
However, there's no reason to ENCOURAGE these people to come out and vote. Why do we want imbeciles deciding elections? If anything, we should be supporting and facilitating their natural tendency to be uninformed and apathetic. It's better for them and it's better for us.
The fact that elections are basically decided by the empty sloganeering and casuistry of 15 second television spots is devastating our nation.
That is why I propose we ban political advertisments from television and radio.
A similar ban has been imposed on cigarrette companies under a similar rationale, namely that fools and idiots will be convinced by fatuous ads to do something stupid and harmful: start smoking.
In the case of political ads, the stakes are even higher because these ads convince fools and idiots to do something that not only hurts themselves but harms the rest of the country too. When a fool takes up smoking because of a catchy jingle, it's a shame but is really no detriment to me or mine. When the entire USA is taken down a dangerous path by legions of easily-swayed fools who have no critical thinking ability whatsoever, it's a worldwide catastrophe.
The propoganda and emotionalism of tv and radio political ads only serves to fire up the ignorant. Elections have become nothing more than a contest to see which party can organize a more effective "Get out the vote" drive. Whichever campaign rounds up more lazy imbeciles and prods them to vote gets the win.
It's more like a cattle round up than democracy.
By removing these inflammatory, uninformative, and downright harmful political ads from television and radio, we can do a lot to improve our democracy. Apathetic idiots will be less likely to be inspired to get out and vote, whereas those who DO vote will by necessity have to get their information from more in-depth sources.
As I said, each of us benefits every time a misinformed lazy idiot fails to get to the polls on election day. And if the percentage of voters who are informed and intelligent goes up (by reducing the numbers of voters who aren't from the overall voter participation pool), things are bound to improve.
The problem with our current system is that you could be the most intelligent informed voter in the district and your decision is swamped by millions of lazy uninformed morons who decide to vote for Bush because they saw a 20 second commercial with unflattering pictures of John Kerry windsurfing around. Lest you mistake my intentions as trying to gain an advantage for Kerry and the Democrats, let me assure you this proposal will effectively kill the Democratic party until they redefine themselves from what they currently are. Look at their support base!
These vapid political ads should not determine the present and future of our great nation. If we remove them from tv and radio, then what I call the "moron vote" will be significantly reduced, and that is a good thing for all of us, except the candidates.
Thank you.
natedogg